SPRING 



Where the climate is like that of New 

 York, perennials can be planted safely 

 about the 15th of April, and the earlier it 

 is done, the less chance there is that they 

 will receive a setback. Success in planting 

 depends much upon attention to details. 

 Care must always be taken, to properly pre- 

 pare the ground, to give the roots plenty of 

 room, to water well at first and not to allow 

 the poor things to suffer for want of food 

 and moisture. 



Along in May if a mulch of grass-clip- 

 pings, leaves from the Autumn before, or 

 old stable manure, be spread over the Rose- 

 beds, tuberous-rooted Begonias and Lilies, it 

 will help them greatly through the summer. 



Of the great number of hardy perennials 

 the following are a few of those easiest 

 grown and most satisfactory: Aconitum na- 

 pellus (Monkshood), Agrostemma, Anemone 

 Japonica, Aquilegia (Columbine), Bocconia, 

 Boltonia, Coreopsis grandiflora, Delphiniums, 

 Dianihus, Dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding- 

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